Is there any way to reduce fruit on a Gingko?

[MarsCrash]

I just took over as the main Plant Health Care guy for our company, and I have a little problem. The previous employee told a customer that we could reduce the fruit on her gingko. The customer was ecstatic (as would anyone who has ever smelled the fruit would be), but he never told me what he was going to use. I believe he was injecting Atrimmec into the trunk for crabapples, but I checked out the results and they were not good. Very not good, in fact.

Any ideas? I know there are a few gingko specialists on the site, and I would really appreciate the help.

 

[Elmore]

Pollarding if you can sell it

Here are a couple of links to info in this regard. Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY, pollard their female trees with pretty good reduction of fruit.

http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1995/4-28-1995/nofruit.html

http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcom/newscolumns/archives/YGnews/2004/April/040415YG.htm

 

[MarsCrash]

Excellent!

Thank you very much for the links. I think the rate was definitely wrong on the crabs he treated. Crabs and apples around the Detroit metro area seemed to be loaded with fruit this year anyway, though.

 

[trevmcrev]

The Ginko needs a sex change

sorry, couldn't resist

 

[Ekka]

I'd like to know a way of stopping those stupid queen palms fruiting. Oh, and mango trees too.

I injected with round-up but the results were a little extreme for some. :hmm3grin2orange: Just kidding.